Knight News Challenge presentation 0428

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Journalism Program Associate Jose Zamora talks about the first four years of the Knight News Challenge and what Knight has learned from running such a contest. He also talks about spinoff contests such as the Knight Drupal Initiative and the Knight Community Information Challenge.

Technology

• Four years of the contest
• Around 9,500 applications
• 50 projects

• A few stats on the last three years of the contest:
2009
2007 2008
13%
13%
14%

49%
27% 31%
60%
37% 69%
U.S. Intl. YC U.S. Intl. YC
U.S. Intl. YC

Next steps:
•Increase and
foster the Knight
News Challenge
Community (MIT)

Next steps:
•Release and
promote open-
source code

Next steps:
•Knight News
Testing Labs
approach – see
what works best in
your organization or
town and make it
accessible.
(Plug&play)

THANK YOU!
zamora@knightfoundation.org
@jczamora

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Knight News Challenge presentation 0428

1. JOSE ZAMORA

2. DIGITAL MEDIA

3. NEWS AND INFORMATION

4. GEOGRAPHIC DETERMINED AREA

7. • Four years of the contest • Around 9,500 applications • 50 projects

8. • First year – 1,600 applications

9. • Second year – 3,300 applications

10. • Important trends:

11. • Third year – 2,223 applications

12. • Fourth year – 2,364 applications

13. • A few stats on the last three years of the contest: 2009 2007 2008 13% 13% 14% 49% 27% 31% 60% 37% 69% U.S. Intl. YC U.S. Intl. YC U.S. Intl. YC

14. THE FUTURE

15. Lessons Learned:

16. Next steps: •Increase and foster the Knight News Challenge Community (MIT)

17. Next steps: •Release and promote open- source code

18. Next steps: •Knight News Testing Labs approach – see what works best in your organization or town and make it accessible. (Plug&play)

19. THANK YOU! zamora@knightfoundation.org @jczamora